by Sonja Soderlund | Oct 2, 2023 | News
SC Media Honors Rocket Software’s Cynthia Overby for Career in Mainframe Security SC Media, a publication of the CyberRisk Alliance, has announced its five 2023 Women in IT Security Honorees. Among the five honorees is Rocket Software’s Cynthia Overby, lauded for her...
by Amanda Hendley | Sep 27, 2023 | cyber security
We trust you’ve appreciated our September series, centered around Db2. Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of sharing over 10 fresh, original Db2 articles with our dedicated audience. Today, we are thrilled to introduce an engaging new theme...
by Broadcom Mainframe Software | Sep 21, 2023 | Mainframe
How to build a resilient enterprise in the face of unexpected (and expected) IT mayhem moments Written by: Greg Lotko – SVP & GM, Broadcom Mainframe Software We’ve all seen the insurance commercials: Mayhem is everywhere. When it strikes in the consumer...
by Paul D Brown, Brian W Goad and Austin Cheney | Aug 29, 2023 | Education
Bridging the Gap Pundits have been ringing mainframe technology’s death knell since the early 1990’s, but industry needs for information security and big data computing power have kept mainframes very much alive. Mainframes continue to be the workhorse for...
by Sonja Soderlund | Aug 28, 2023 | News
IBM z/OS upgrade will deliver mainframe AI services and support IBM has revealed further details about its imminent launch of a major z/OS upgrade, which will feature an infusion of AI. The operating system upgrade introduces AI support via a feature package called...
by Sonja Soderlund | Aug 11, 2023 | News
IBM Awarded $1B IRS Contract for Modernization of Aging IT Systems IBM announced this week that it is one of four organizations chosen to support the Internal Revenue Service’s massive, seven-year, technology modernization program. The IRS’ aging and...
by Mark Wilson | Jul 7, 2023 | cyber security
“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked.” That was according to Richard Clarke, former special advisor on cybersecurity to the US President. He added, “What’s more, you deserve to be hacked,” which does seem a little harsh. Maybe...
by Sonja Soderlund | Apr 19, 2023 | News
Introducing the new single frame and rack mount configurations of IBM z16 and IBM LinuxOne 4 IBM’s Z series might be the industry standard bearers for security and reliability, but for small to medium-sized businesses without a lot of floor space, a full-sized...
by Sonja Soderlund | Apr 11, 2023 | Trivia
If you’re looking for a theme running through this week’s mainframe trivia challenge, it’s all about preparing for future mainframe crises before they happen. Making hay while the sun shines, fixing the roof before it rains…you pick your favorite metaphor. When it...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 28, 2023 | Trivia
It’s no secret that a mainframe system is a huge business investment. But when it comes to optimizing the ROI on that investment, many companies downplay the importance of what comes after the initial purchase. Mainframes, according to DataKinetics’ Larry...
by Communications | Jan 12, 2023
The Next Generation of Db2 By: Amanda Hendley Listen here AI Has Entered the Chat and It’s Shaking Up Cybersecurity By: Lee Sullivan Listen here The Importance of Advocacy in Building a zSystems Career By: Lee Sullivan Listen here Do Young People and the Mainframe...
by Christopher Tozzi | Nov 24, 2022 | Security
You could argue – as some folks have – that mainframes are inherently more secure than commodity servers because there are fewer variables at play on mainframe systems, making them easier to secure in some ways. The fact that mainframes account for a relatively small...
by Henrik Loeser | Sep 14, 2022 | Cloud
Cybersecurity is always in a state of change. There are new security features and new attack methods – or was it the other way? Over the past months, several new security features were added to IBM Cloud. In this blog post, I want to quickly describe them and...
by Amy Dall | Nov 11, 2021 | Security
For a considerable time, many organizations have used three to five on-premise databases to manage their workloads, and many teams have tried to funnel every application into using those databases. Today, as the pressure to innovate while keeping costs low...
by Flora Gui | Feb 23, 2021 | System Z
Network security is not a new topic for IT practitioners, but always a hot one. Data breaches can be devastating to business both operationally and financially. However, the cybersecurity landscape never stands still. Each day attackers invent new ways to probe...
